A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1283

Cordy lay in bed, waiting for John.

He eventually emerged from the bathroom, absent-mindedly drying his hair as he changed into fresh pajamas.

He appeared surprised to find Cordy in bed. "Going to sleep too?"

"Can't I?"

"No,’' he quickly said. "I mean, you'd have trouble sleeping at the hospital while taking care of your grandfather."

Cordy pursed her lips-that certainly was not the case.

In private hospitals, one could enjoy the hospitality usually expected from five-star hotels. With people at your beck and call, it certainly did not dull in comparison to one.

Still, John did not seem to notice Cordy's feelings as he pulled up the blanket and got into bed.

after he did

taken aback-he almost could not recall a day when he was alone in the same room with Cordy, and he handily

her firmly, he started to

Cordy's heart racing.

some unknown force at work stopping them from consummating even though they were

waited nervously for a long while, but John was not

he could not sleep the night

John was not moving at all, and she could not feel

asleep, his breathing

actually fell asleep

was left heaving from the grievance that seemed to stay stuck on her chest and was

a little just then, as if to

dreamed that he was crushing Cordy under his weight, making her uncomfortable, so he moved aside-which left Cordy bristling! She was teasing

was going to bite him, she spotted the dark circles under his eye, an obvious sign that he

she took a deep breath to calm